As the rest of the country returns to work today after the Sallah holidays, Armageddon days are here again and all hell may let loose
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara addressing newsmen shortly after the State Security Council meeting in Government House, Port Harcourt ...yesterday.• Two security operatives killed, protesters pull down Wike’s statue• Clark: Wike should remain in Abuja, leave Fubara, Rivers alone
In yesterday’s show of force, two security operatives lost their lives in the line of duty. Spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, said two deaths were recorded – a policeman and a vigilante operative. When pressed for further details, she said investigations had commenced and more details would be released soon.
Aside from the Opobo-Nkoro and Bonny Local Council former heads, who vacated their offices voluntarily before June 17, marking the end of the three-year term, other out-gone chairmen in Asari-Toru, Akuku-Toru, Degema, Obio-Akpor, Port Harcourt City, Etche, Omuma, Ogu-bolo, Khana, Tai, Gokhana, Eleme, Oyigbo, among others were yesterday forced out of office by protesting youths who occupied the secretariats as early as 4:00 a.m. on Tuesday.
The police and other security agencies were seen armed to the teeth in various council secretariats with armoured vehicles monitoring the situation and ensuring the maintenance of law and order. While some expressed fear following the violent crisis that erupted after the governor’s live broadcast directing heads of Local Government administration to take charge, others expressed joy at returning to work, describing it as a new era and total liberation.
The ex-chairman of Ikwerre LGA, Nwanosike, insists he will not vacate the council secretariat, saying until the Appeal Court gives its judgment on the status of the 25 members of the House of Assembly on Thursday. Nwanosike is among three former LGA chairmen, who vowed not to vacate their offices on the basis that a faction of the House of Assembly, led by Amaewhule, had extended their tenure by six months.
FORMER Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Edwin Clark has asked Wike to remain focused and concentrate on the nation’s capital because he has a lot to do and leave Rivers governor and the people of the state alone. The elder statesman who stated this in an interview, however, accused the former Rivers governor and the immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and his successor as the masterminds of what he described as politics of madness in Rivers.
“Politics of madness in Rivers was started by Wike and Amaechi. They don’t care about other people. So, for peace to reign, Wike should stay and remain in Abuja to do his job. Let the young man rule in peace without hindrance. We already see the same chaos of federal might happening in Kano State, such should not be encouraged at this stage of our democracy.”
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